Hello All,
I'm a new member and relatively new marine aquarist. I joined for advice.
I began with a 4L plain Betta tank, no air or filter, just plants. Easy!
I felt intimidated by salt tanks and concluded I'd never have one.
After I took a job where I was solely responsible for two eighty gallon marine tanks, I became excessively fond of the fish which I had donated. They ate from my hand and flirted shamelessly when I entered the room.
When I left the job, due to my attachment, I felt it necessary to purchase new replacement fish as a parting gift, in order to take my babies with me.
I buy captive bred fish when I can.
What follows may be considered slightly political but as a scientist I see it as simply based on unbiased information: My hope is that we can mitigate climate change and ocean acidification by reduction in our CO2 output. It is thought that ocean acidification (from CO2) alone may decimate the bedrock species of the food chain on which fish all the way up to the ocean top feeders rely; these essential prey are diatoms. In addition, the ocean acidification, as likely most of you know, has particularly damaging effects on the coral reef ecosystems, causing huge losses in numbers and kinds of fish, corals and other invertebrates, and macroalgae ("plants").
Ocean fish numbers have cut in half since the 1970s, according to an article in Scientific American, a laypersons' well respected journal. Another, recent publication held that the majority of ocean species rely upon reefs either directly as nurseries for their breeding, or indirectly because many resident or breeding guest species are essential links in the ocean food chain.
I could go on forever about environmental issues, so I'll stop here. <=
I hope to know you. Thanks!
I'm a new member and relatively new marine aquarist. I joined for advice.
I began with a 4L plain Betta tank, no air or filter, just plants. Easy!
I felt intimidated by salt tanks and concluded I'd never have one.
After I took a job where I was solely responsible for two eighty gallon marine tanks, I became excessively fond of the fish which I had donated. They ate from my hand and flirted shamelessly when I entered the room.
When I left the job, due to my attachment, I felt it necessary to purchase new replacement fish as a parting gift, in order to take my babies with me.
I buy captive bred fish when I can.
What follows may be considered slightly political but as a scientist I see it as simply based on unbiased information: My hope is that we can mitigate climate change and ocean acidification by reduction in our CO2 output. It is thought that ocean acidification (from CO2) alone may decimate the bedrock species of the food chain on which fish all the way up to the ocean top feeders rely; these essential prey are diatoms. In addition, the ocean acidification, as likely most of you know, has particularly damaging effects on the coral reef ecosystems, causing huge losses in numbers and kinds of fish, corals and other invertebrates, and macroalgae ("plants").
Ocean fish numbers have cut in half since the 1970s, according to an article in Scientific American, a laypersons' well respected journal. Another, recent publication held that the majority of ocean species rely upon reefs either directly as nurseries for their breeding, or indirectly because many resident or breeding guest species are essential links in the ocean food chain.
I could go on forever about environmental issues, so I'll stop here. <=
I hope to know you. Thanks!
